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鼻
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Translingual
Alternative forms
The form of this character differs slightly between China and Japan:
- in China: 鼻,
- in Japan: 鼻
That is, in China the bottom is 丌 (strokes T-junction), while in Japan the bottom is 廾 (strokes cross).
Due to Han unification, they share the same codepoint.
Han character
鼻 (Kangxi radical 209, 鼻+0, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹山田一中 (HUWML), four-corner 26446, composition ⿱自畀 or ⿱自𢌿)
- Kangxi radical #209, ⿐.
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1530, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48498
- Dae Jaweon: page 2066, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4779, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9F3B
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *blids): semantic 自 (“nose”) + phonetic 畀 (OC *pids).
自 (OC *ɦljids) originally meant “nose” but came to be used to mean “self”, so the sense of “nose” has been replaced by 鼻 (OC *blids). Some scholars interpret 鼻 (OC *blids) as a combination of a nose (自 (OC *ɦljids)) and two lungs (畀 (OC *pids)), however 畀 on oracle bones represents an arrow.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bi (“nose”); compare Nuosu ꅳꁖ (hnap bbit, “nose; snot”).
Alternatively, it may be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-brit (“sneeze; nose; swallow”), whence Tibetan སྦྲིད (sbrid, “sneeze”), but there is no trace of r in Chinese (Schuessler, 2007).
In some modern lects, including Mandarin, Gan, Jin, Wu, and Xiang, and even in the literary layer of some Min dialects, the word reflects a form with final *-t. For example, in standard Mandarin, the word is pronounced bí (implying an old entering tone) instead of bì (the expected reflex from the departing tone in Middle Chinese). This is due to a phonological phenomenon in the northwest, either an early loss of *-s in the *-ts cluster before regular final cluster simplification occurred (Baxter, 1992), or a dialectal change from *-s to *-t (Pulleybank, 1998).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bi2
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): bí
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): bi̊q
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): pit7
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): bieh5
- Northern Min (KCR): pī / bī
- Eastern Min (BUC): pé / bê / bĭk
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pi4 / pi5
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 8biq / 8beq / 8baq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bí
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bí
- Wade–Giles: pi2
- Yale: bí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byi
- Palladius: би (bi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: bi2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bi
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²¹/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: bí
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi²⁴/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: bi̊q
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): biq5
- Sinological IPA (key): /piʔ⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: bei6
- Yale: beih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei6
- Guangdong Romanization: béi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pei̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: bei5 / bei5*
- Sinological IPA (key): /pei³²/, /pei³²⁻³²⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
Note:
- bei5 - “nose”;
- bei5* - “nasal mucus”.
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: pit7
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰit̚²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
- Hakka Romanization System: pi
- Hagfa Pinyim: pi4
- Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: pi˖
- Sinological IPA: /pʰi³³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: bieh5
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /piəʔ⁵⁴/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pī / bī
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi⁵⁵/, /pi⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- pī - vernacular (noun);
- bī - vernacular (“to smell”).
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: pé / bê / bĭk
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɛi²¹³/, /pɛi²⁴²/, /piʔ⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- pé - vernacular (noun);
- bê - vernacular (“to smell”);
- bĭk - literary.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: pi4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pi̍
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi⁴²/
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: pi5
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pī
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi¹¹/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: pi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi²¹/
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
- pi4 - vernacular (“nose”);
- pi5 - literary (“to smell”).
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Changtai, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Magong, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phī
- Tâi-lô: phī
- Phofsit Daibuun: phi
- IPA (Hui'an): /pʰi²¹/
- IPA (Lukang): /pʰi³¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pʰi⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /pʰi²²/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǐ
- Tâi-lô: phǐ
- IPA (Lukang): /pʰi³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t
- Tâi-lô: pi̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: pit
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangpu): /pit̚¹⁴/
- phīⁿ/phī/phǐ - vernacular;
- pi̍t - literary.
Note:
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- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: bjijH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-bi[t]-s/, /*Cə-bi[t]-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*blids/
Definitions
鼻
- (anatomy) nose (Classifier: 個／个 c; 支 mn)
- nose-like object, protruding part
- initial; founding; beginning; original
- 鼻祖 ― bízǔ ― forefather; initiator
- (dialectal) nasal mucus; snot
- (archaic or Hakka, Min) to smell
- (Northern Min, including Songxi Northern Min, Shibei) to kiss
Synonyms
Compounds
- 一鼻子灰
- 串鼻子
- 仰人鼻息 (yǎngrénbíxī)
- 作鼻子頭 / 作鼻子头
- 冷鼻凹
- 刺鼻 (cìbí)
- 副鼻腔炎 (fùbíqiāngyán)
- 匠石斫鼻
- 嗤之以鼻 (chīzhīyǐbí)
- 嗆鼻 / 呛鼻
- 噴鼻 / 喷鼻
- 噴鼻香 / 喷鼻香
- 回回鼻子
- 塌鼻
- 塌鼻子 (tābízi)
- 好鼻獅 / 好鼻狮 (hó-phīⁿ-sai) (Min Nan)
- 寒心酸鼻
- 屩鼻 / 𪨗鼻
- 巴鼻
- 廣鼻類 / 广鼻类
- 把鼻
- 抽鼻兒 / 抽鼻儿
- 挑鼻子
- 捏著鼻子
- 捉鼻
- 捏鼻
- 捻著鼻子
- 捻鼻
- 掩鼻
- 掩鼻偷香
- 掐鼻皺眉 / 掐鼻皱眉
- 掩鼻而過 / 掩鼻而过
- 掩鼻蹙頞 / 掩鼻蹙𱂨
- 撲人鼻子 / 扑人鼻子
- 撲鼻 / 扑鼻 (pūbí)
- 擁鼻 / 拥鼻
- 擁鼻吟 / 拥鼻吟
- 攢眉蹙鼻 / 攒眉蹙鼻
- 斫鼻
- 新聞鼻 / 新闻鼻
- 斲鼻
- 曷鼻
- 有鼻
- 楯鼻
- 沒巴沒鼻 / 没巴没鼻
- 沒巴鼻 / 没巴鼻
- 沒把鼻 / 没把鼻
- 沖鼻 / 冲鼻
- 牛鼻子 (niúbízi)
- 牽鼻子 / 牵鼻子
- 犢鼻褌 / 犊鼻裈
- 異香撲鼻 / 异香扑鼻
- 白鼻心 (báibíxīn)
- 直鼻權腮 / 直鼻权腮
- 碰鼻
- 穿鼻
- 穿鼻草約 / 穿鼻草约
- 綜鼻兒 / 综鼻儿
- 縮鼻 / 缩鼻
- 耳滿鼻滿 / 耳满鼻满
- 耳鼻喉科 (ěrbíhóukē)
- 聽人穿鼻 / 听人穿鼻
- 舌尖鼻音
- 舌根鼻音
- 落鼻祖
- 蟻鼻錢 / 蚁鼻钱
- 觜鼻
- 觸鼻 / 触鼻
- 豁鼻子
- 象鼻蟲 / 象鼻虫 (xiàngbíchóng)
- 貓鼻頭 / 猫鼻头 (Māobítóu)
- 趴鼻子
- 通關鼻子 / 通关鼻子
- 酒渣鼻 (jiǔzhābí)
- 酒糟鼻 (jiǔzāobí)
- 酸鼻
- 針鼻兒 / 针鼻儿 (zhēnbír)
- 長鼻目 / 长鼻目
- 門鼻兒 / 门鼻儿 (ménbír)
- 開山鼻祖 / 开山鼻祖
- 阿鼻 (ābí)
- 阿鼻地獄 / 阿鼻地狱 (ābí dìyù)
- 隆鼻 (lóngbí)
- 難捉鼻 / 难捉鼻
- 露一鼻子
- 鞍鼻
- 馬鼻 / 马鼻 (Mǎbí)
- 馬鼻疽 / 马鼻疽
- 鵝鑾鼻 / 鹅銮鼻 (Éluánbí)
- 鷹勾鼻 / 鹰勾鼻
- 鷹鼻鷂眼 / 鹰鼻鹞眼
- 鼻丘
- 鼻中出火
- 鼻中隔 (bízhōnggé)
- 鼻仔
- 鼻偃齒露 / 鼻偃齿露
- 鼻兒 / 鼻儿
- 鼻凹
- 鼻凹糖
- 鼻化 (bíhuà)
- 鼻化元音 (bíhuà yuányīn)
- 鼻咽癌 (bíyān'ái)
- 鼻咽道
- 鼻塌嘴歪
- 鼻塞聲重 / 鼻塞声重
- 鼻子
- 鼻子一酸
- 鼻子眼兒 / 鼻子眼儿 (bíziyǎnr)
- 鼻子裡笑 / 鼻子里笑
- 鼻子頭 / 鼻子头
- 鼻孔 (bíkǒng)
- 鼻尖 (bíjiān)
- 鼻尖兒 / 鼻尖儿
- 鼻息 (bíxī)
- 鼻托 (bítuō)
- 鼻敏感 (bímǐngǎn)
- 鼻旁竇 / 鼻旁窦 (bípángdòu)
- 鼻根 (bígēn)
- 鼻梁 (bíliáng)
- 鼻梁兒 (bíliángr)
- 鼻涕 (bítì)
- 鼻涕蟲 / 鼻涕虫 (bítìchóng)
- 鼻淵 / 鼻渊
- 鼻淚管 / 鼻泪管 (bílèiguǎn)
- 鼻準 / 鼻准 (bízhǔn)
- 鼻炎 (bíyán)
- 鼻無梁柱
- 鼻煙 / 鼻烟 (bíyān)
- 鼻煙兒 / 鼻烟儿
- 鼻煙壺 / 鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú)
- 鼻煙盒 / 鼻烟盒 (bíyānhé)
- 鼻牛兒 / 鼻牛儿
- 鼻甲 (bíjiǎ)
- 鼻病毒 (bíbìngdú)
- 鼻破裂音
- 鼻祖 (bízǔ)
- 鼻窩 / 鼻窝
- 鼻窪子 / 鼻洼子
- 鼻竇 / 鼻窦 (bídòu)
- 鼻竇炎 / 鼻窦炎 (bídòuyán)
- 鼻笛
- 鼻紋 / 鼻纹
- 鼻翅兒 / 鼻翅儿 (bíchìr)
- 鼻翼 (bíyì)
- 鼻腔 (bíqiāng)
- 鼻血 (bíxuè)
- 鼻衄 (bínǜ)
- 鼻觀 / 鼻观
- 鼻輪 / 鼻轮
- 鼻道 (bídào)
- 鼻酸 (bísuān)
- 鼻青臉腫 / 鼻青脸肿 (bíqīngliǎnzhǒng)
- 鼻音 (bíyīn)
- 鼻韻母 / 鼻韵母 (bíyùnmǔ)
- 鼻頭 / 鼻头 (bítóu)
- 鼻頭出火 / 鼻头出火
- 鼻飼 / 鼻饲 (bísì)
- 鼻骨 (bígǔ)
- 鼻黏膜
- 鼻鼾如雷
- 鼾鼻
- 齆鼻兒 / 齆鼻儿
- 齉鼻兒 / 齉鼻儿
References
- “鼻”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- “鼻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “鼻”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 161.
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